Medication Safety
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Overview
This course provides healthcare professionals with a practical and structured approach to medication safety across the entire medication-use process. It focuses on identifying and preventing medication errors, managing adverse drug reactions, handling high-alert and look-alike/sound-alike medications, and ensuring safe prescribing, dispensing, storage, and documentation practices. The course also emphasizes effective medication reconciliation and aims to address its objectives in alignment with CBAHI standards, ensuring that all key requirements are implemented effectively to enhance patient safety.
This Activity for
- All Audience, But the greatest benefit will be to these Professions.
- Student / Intern
- Other health care provider
- Respiratory Therapy
- Psychology
- Podiatry
- Physiotherapy
- Optometry
- Clinical Nutrition
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Dentistry and Related Specialties
- Resident / Fellow
- Physician
- Pharmacy
- Occupational Therapy
- Clinical Laboratory Sciences
- Non Health Care Provaider
- Healthcare & Hospital Administration
- Health Education
- Health Informatics
- Speech Disorder
- Public and Community Health
- Clinical Pharmacy
- Medical Education
- Emergency Medical Services
- Radiological Technology
- Audiology
- Medical Technology
- Social Service
- Sociology
- Cardiac Perfusion
- Technicians and Health Assistants
- Dental Technology and Assistants
- Resident
- Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
- Laboratories and Medical Technology
- Health Administration and Community Health
- Therapy and Rehabilitation
- Assistive Listening Devices
- Non Health Care Provider
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Educational Institution
- Other specializations not eligible for cme
What I will learn?
- Define medication errors and describe common causes, types, and strategies to prevent them within the medication-use process.
- Identify and classify adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and explain appropriate steps for monitoring, reporting, and managing these events to ensure patient safety.
- Recognize high-alert medications and apply recommended safety precautions to minimize the risk of serious harm associated with their use.
- Distinguish between look-alike/sound-alike (LASA) medications and implement effective measures to reduce selection and dispensing errors related to similar names or packaging.
- Apply prohibited or unsafe abbreviation policies to ensure clear, accurate, and standardized medication documentation and communication
- Identify potential drug–drug interactions and use appropriate tools and resources to assess, prevent, and manage clinically significant interactions.
- Demonstrate proper medication storage practices, including temperature control, light protection, segregation of high-risk items, and maintenance of storage standards.
- Perform accurate medication reconciliation at transitions of care to identify discrepancies, ensure continuity of therapy, and prevent medication-related problems.
- Virtual Medical Academy
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Additional items to the activity
| Optional Details | Type | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Medication Safety Certificate | Certificate | Free |
VAT 15% Included